The cats, the sea, and everything in between.(2025)

The cats, the sea, and everything in between. Synopsis

In 2022, when the economic crisis in her native country was at its peak, she decided to visit her family there. She turned her short trip into a collage-like diary in which she reflects on her relationship with her homeland, which is in a state of protracted decay. The film is composed of spontaneous snapshots capturing the author's stay, interspersed with inserted captions serving as personal, often poetically formulated comments and observations. As a result, the film does not hide its strongly subjective perspective, but at the same time builds on it to make an important statement that shows the transformation of Lebanese society in everyday details such as the appearance of the city itself or in the intimate sphere of the author's family life.

The cats, the sea, and everything in between. (2025) is a documentary film directed by Karel Malkoun, released on October 26, 2025 with a runtime of 1h 13m.